By RILEY SPELLMAN From Thursday, October 25th until Sunday, October 28th, the American Shakespeare Center troupe, Shenandoah Shakespeare Express, will be performing in Sykes Formal Lounge. On Thursday at 7:30pm, the troupe performed The Duchess of Malfi. On Friday at 7:30pm and on Sunday at 1:30pm, they will be performing Twelfth Night. On Saturday at [...]
St. Lawrence students volunteered at local horse farm Honey Dew Acres last weekend to help put on the North Country Harvest Festival. The goal of the event was to raise money for Little River Community School, an alternative school in Canton. The school currently has a waiting list of students and no remaining classroom space [...]
Dr. Ana Foteva is a new Visiting Assistant Professor of German Studies. In between teaching three German language courses, Foteva is finishing the technical work on a book that will be published in 2013 and continuing to conduct research on cultural identity in central Europe. Foteva is from Macedonia, which is in the Balkans. She [...]
Policy makers have two ways to affect the economy. One is fiscal policy, changes in taxation and government spending. The other is monetary policy, adjusting the money supply to affect interest rates. An attempt at using fiscal policy was made with the stimulus program, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This had limited [...]
St. Lawrence Viebranz Visitor Professor of Creative Writing Mark Slouka was featured on North Country Public Radio as part of the station’s Readers and Writers Program this Tuesday. The conversation was peppered with anecdotes, readings, and perspectives on Slouka’s work as well as advice to aspiring writers. The program was hosted by NCPR station manager [...]
St. Lawrence’s philosophy honorary society, Phi Sigma Tau, presented an undergraduate philosophy conference last weekend. The conference drew panelists and audience members from four local universities in addition to St. Lawrence, and presented those involved with the opportunity to share and discuss their research. “I think that the students found it very empowering,” said Associate [...]
By JASMINE WALLACE Students, faculty, and staff have come together to form both a mediation center and a mediation club on campus that attempt to facilitate mediation of conflicts between members of the St. Lawrence University community. “We’re just here to provide a space to resolve conflicts on campus,” said Kathleen Berman ’12, who is [...]
By JASMINE WALLACE Construction has begun on a new Fruit for the Future permaculture garden and outdoor classroom located behind Commons College. This student-orchestrated project will facilitate more interaction between the Canton community and the university, and provide a place for both education and relaxation in nature. According to Cynthia Tina ‘15, who is president [...]
By JASMINE WALLACE Innovation Grants provide members of the St. Lawrence community with the opportunity to implement creative project ideas that will benefit the campus community. While the deadline for the grant applications recently passed and new grants will be awarded within the next couple weeks, there are many Innovation Grant-funded projects currently underway. The [...]
Most people, researchers included, don’t give much thought to mosses that live by the sides of the road. However, this overlooked habitat is the focus of the research of Eddie Richter ’12. After starting to work with Dr. Karl McKnight of the biology department, Richter did a St. Lawrence Fellowship last summer and collected 400 [...]
